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+function Get-VMSnapshotConfigContent {
+<#
+   .SYNOPSIS
+      Reads <vm name>.vmsd file content
+
+   .DESCRIPTION
+      Build the vmsd file http URI following https://code.vmware.com/apis/358/vsphere#/doc/vim.FileManager.html
+      and reads its content with the session established by Connect-VIServer
+
+   .INPUTS
+      VirtualMachine
+
+   .OUTPUTS
+      String - the content of the vmsd file
+
+   .NOTES
+      Author: Dimitar Milov
+      Version: 1.0
+
+   .EXAMPLE
+      Get-VM <MyVM> | Get-VMSnapshotConfigContent
+#>
+
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+   [ValidateNotNull()]
+   [VMware.VimAutomation.Types.VirtualMachine]
+   $VM
+)
+
+PROCESS {
+   # Create web client from current session
+   $sessionKey = $vm.GetClient().ConnectivityService.CurrentUserSession.SoapSessionKey
+   $certValidationHandler = $vm.GetClient().ConnectivityService.GetValidationHandlerForCurrentServer()
+   $webClient = [vmware.vimautomation.common.util10.httpclientUtil]::CreateHttpClientWithSessionReuse($certValidationHandler, $sessionKey, $null)
+
+   # Build VMSD file http URI
+   # https://code.vmware.com/apis/358/vsphere#/doc/vim.FileManager.html
+   $vmName = $vm.Name
+   $datastoreName = ($vm | Get-Datastore).Name
+   $dcName = ($vm | Get-Datacenter).Name
+   $serverAddress = $vm.GetClient().ConnectivityService.ServerAddress
+   $vmsdUri = [uri]"https://$serverAddress/folder/$vmName/$vmName.vmsd?dcPath=$dcName&dsName=$datastoreName"
+
+   # Get VMSD content as string
+   $task = $webClient.GetAsync($vmsdUri)
+   $task.Wait()
+   $vmsdContent = $task.Result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result
+
+   # Dispose web client
+   $webClient.Dispose()
+
+   # Result
+   $vmsdContent
+}
+
+}
+
+function Get-VMSnapshotConfigSetting {
+<#
+   .SYNOPSIS
+      Gets the value of a specified key from the snapshot config file content
+
+   .DESCRIPTION
+      Reads the VM's snapshot config file and searches for specified key. 
+      If key is found its value is returned as an output
+
+   .INPUTS
+      VirtualMachine and key
+
+   .OUTPUTS
+      String - config value for the specified key
+
+   .NOTES
+      Author: Dimitar Milov
+      Version: 1.0
+
+   .EXAMPLE
+      Get-VM <MyVM> | Get-VMSnapshotConfigSetting -Key "numSentinels"
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+   [ValidateNotNull()]
+   [VMware.VimAutomation.Types.VirtualMachine]
+   $VM,
+
+   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+   [ValidateNotNull()]
+   [string]
+   $Key
+)
+
+PROCESS {
+   $content = Get-VMSnapshotConfigContent -vm $vm
+
+   $keyMatch = $content | Select-String ('{0} = "(?<value>.*)"' -f $key)
+
+   if ($keyMatch.Matches -ne $null) {
+      $keyMatch.Matches[0].Groups["value"].Value
+   }
+}
+}